(The Guardian) In a live interview broadcast via the new smartphone app Periscope, the Republican senator and presidential candidate cut off Guardian reporter Paul Lewis: "Let me answer the question! You complain I don't answer the question … I am giving you the specifics."
When pressed on specifics, Dr Paul walked off camera after his third testy interview since declaring his campaign on Tuesday. The lights were turned off by a CNN crew about to conduct another interview.

The Obama administration has announced it will keep 19 diplomatic posts in North Africa and the Middle East closed for up to a week, due to fears of a possible militant threat. On Sunday, Senator Saxby Chambliss, the top Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said the decision to close the embassies was based on information collected by the National Security Agency.

National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden has been given one year temporary political asylum in Russia. Snowden has reportedly already left the Moscow airport where he has been holed up for over a month. On Wednesday, The Guardian newspaper revealed details about another secret NSA program based on leaked documents provided by Snowden.

This is a story that hasn't been covered yet, as far as we know: Alan Grayson is fighting for the right of US troops in the Middle East to read any online news outlet they want - including the one that keeps breaking new stories about the NSA.

Kendzior railed against those who are still in denial and say "no one could have seen this coming" with Trump, just how bad things would get. She's been warning us about the dark days ahead since the night Trump was elected, and [...]

Sheriff Rochelle Bilal has advice for cops who, as Joy Reid describes, react defensively rather than reflectively to the protests over George Floyd and the centuries of police brutality. (Warning: Video begins with graphic police violence.)

The hosts of Fox & Friends tell their audience that the only reason as many people came out to protest in D.C. is because they were no longer afraid of rioters because of the military being brought into the city.